Clean Harbors Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2021 Financial Results
Clean Harbors reported Q4 revenues of $1.12 billion, a 41% increase from the previous year, driven by robust demand and the recent acquisition of HydroChemPSC. Q4 net income rose to $49.0 million, or $0.90 per diluted share, compared to $39.3 million the prior year. Full-year revenues reached $3.81 billion, with net income totaling $203.2 million. The company anticipates 2022 Adjusted EBITDA between $765 million and $795 million, reflecting ongoing growth momentum.
- Q4 revenues increased by 41% to $1.12 billion.
- Q4 Adjusted EBITDA grew 23% to $174.3 million.
- Full-year revenues of $3.81 billion up from $3.14 billion in 2020.
- Record Adjusted Free Cash Flow of $326.3 million in 2021.
- Integration and severance costs in Q4 totaled $8.6 million.
- Government assistance benefits decreased from $5.6 million in Q4 2020 to $0.3 million in Q4 2021.
-
Reports Q4 Revenues of
; Full-Year Revenues of$1.12 Billion $3.81 Billion -
Generates Q4 Net Income of
, or EPS of$49.0 Million , with Adjusted EPS of$0.90 ; Full-Year$0.89 Net Income of , or EPS of$203.2 Million , with Adjusted EPS of$3.71 $3.64 -
Achieves Q4 Adjusted EBITDA Growth of
23% to ; Generates Record Full-Year Adjusted EBITDA of$174.3 Million $676.6 Million -
Delivers Full-Year
Net Cash from Operating Activities of and Record Adjusted Free Cash Flow of$546.0 Million $326.3 Million - Provides Full-Year 2022 Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Free Cash Flow Guidance
“The fourth quarter marked a strong close to the year for
Fourth-Quarter Results
Revenues increased
Net income was
Adjusted EBITDA (see description below) increased
Q4 2021 Review
“Revenues in our Environmental Services segment increased
“Revenues in our Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions (SKSS) segment grew more than
2021 Financial Results
Clean Harbors’ revenues were
Net income was
Adjusted EBITDA (see description below) increased
“Our results reflect the continuation of a multi-year growth trend in our revenues, Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted free cash flow generation,” McKim said. “Beyond our financial accomplishments, 2021 was a year of significant achievement for the Company, including the HPC acquisition, commencing the expansion of our incineration network in
Business Outlook and Financial Guidance
“We see momentum continuing across all our key business lines, which will support our plans for profitable growth in 2022,” McKim said. “The new year began with a healthy backlog of waste streams in our disposal facilities and at customer sites, with underlying trends in regulations and
“The outlook for our Industrial Services business is also promising, and we are excited about the prospects for HPC, which has given us a leadership position in the space,” McKim said. “HPC has a talented team with great assets including industry-leading automation technology. In the short time we’ve owned the company, the cultural fit has been excellent, and we see enormous potential to generate cross-selling and capture synergies.
“Within SKSS, we continue to see a favorable pricing environment for our sustainable lubricant products and base oil. Coupled with the effective systems we have in place to manage our waste oil collection costs and improve transportation efficiencies, we expect to maintain a healthy re-refining spread in that segment again in 2022,” McKim concluded. “Overall, we are confident that we have pricing and cost reduction strategies in place to offset inflation in full year 2022. Given the positive demand environment across
For the first quarter,
For full-year 2022,
-
Adjusted EBITDA in the range of
to$765 million . This range is based on anticipated GAAP net income in the range of$795 million to$204 million ; and$237 million -
Adjusted free cash flow in the range of
to$250 million , based on anticipated net cash from operating activities in the range of$290 million to$560 million .$620 million
Non-GAAP Results
|
For the Three Months Ended |
|
For the Twelve Months Ended |
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Net income |
$ |
48,993 |
|
|
$ |
39,332 |
|
|
$ |
203,247 |
|
|
$ |
134,837 |
|
Accretion of environmental liabilities |
|
3,120 |
|
|
|
2,902 |
|
|
|
11,745 |
|
|
|
11,051 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
6,053 |
|
|
|
5,763 |
|
|
|
18,839 |
|
|
|
18,502 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
82,929 |
|
|
|
71,418 |
|
|
|
298,135 |
|
|
|
292,915 |
|
Other (income) expense, net |
|
(1,994 |
) |
|
|
(307 |
) |
|
|
515 |
|
|
|
290 |
|
Loss on sale of businesses |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
3,376 |
|
Interest expense, net of interest income |
|
23,704 |
|
|
|
18,272 |
|
|
|
77,657 |
|
|
|
73,120 |
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
11,495 |
|
|
|
4,444 |
|
|
|
66,468 |
|
|
|
39,713 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
174,300 |
|
|
$ |
141,824 |
|
|
$ |
676,606 |
|
|
$ |
573,804 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA Margin |
|
15.6 |
% |
|
|
17.8 |
% |
|
|
17.8 |
% |
|
|
18.3 |
% |
This press release includes a discussion of net income and earnings per share adjusted for the loss on sale of businesses and the impacts of tax-related valuation allowances and other items as identified in the reconciliations provided below. The Company believes that discussion of these additional non-GAAP measures provides investors with meaningful comparisons of current results to prior periods’ results by excluding items that the Company does not believe reflect its fundamental business performance. The following shows the difference between net income and adjusted net income, and the difference between earnings per share and adjusted earnings per share, for the three and twelve months ended
|
For the Three Months Ended |
|
For the Twelve Months Ended |
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Adjusted net income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Net income |
$ |
48,993 |
|
|
$ |
39,332 |
|
|
$ |
203,247 |
|
|
$ |
134,837 |
|
Loss on sale of businesses |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
3,376 |
|
Tax-related valuation allowances and other* |
|
(428 |
) |
|
|
(4,303 |
) |
|
|
(3,649 |
) |
|
|
(8,805 |
) |
Adjusted net income |
$ |
48,565 |
|
|
$ |
35,029 |
|
|
$ |
199,598 |
|
|
$ |
129,408 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Adjusted earnings per share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Earnings per share |
$ |
0.90 |
|
|
$ |
0.71 |
|
|
$ |
3.71 |
|
|
$ |
2.42 |
|
Loss on sale of businesses |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
0.06 |
|
Tax-related valuation allowances and other* |
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
|
(0.08 |
) |
|
|
(0.07 |
) |
|
|
(0.16 |
) |
Adjusted earnings per share |
$ |
0.89 |
|
|
$ |
0.63 |
|
|
$ |
3.64 |
|
|
$ |
2.32 |
|
* For the twelve months ended
Adjusted Free Cash Flow Reconciliation
An itemized reconciliation between net cash from operating activities and adjusted free cash flow is as follows for the three and twelve months ended
|
For the Three Months Ended |
|
For the Twelve Months Ended |
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Adjusted free cash flow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Net cash from operating activities |
$ |
177,771 |
|
|
$ |
113,165 |
|
|
$ |
545,997 |
|
|
$ |
430,597 |
|
Additions to property, plant and equipment |
|
(95,202 |
) |
|
|
(45,899 |
) |
|
|
(241,856 |
) |
|
|
(196,256 |
) |
Purchase and capital improvements of corporate HQ |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
21,080 |
|
Proceeds from sale and disposal of fixed assets |
|
5,732 |
|
|
|
2,316 |
|
|
|
22,156 |
|
|
|
9,623 |
|
Adjusted free cash flow |
$ |
88,301 |
|
|
$ |
69,582 |
|
|
$ |
326,297 |
|
|
$ |
265,044 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA Guidance Reconciliation
An itemized reconciliation between projected GAAP net income and projected Adjusted EBITDA is as follows (in millions):
|
For the Year Ending
|
||||
Projected GAAP net income |
|
to |
|
||
Adjustments: |
|
|
|
||
Accretion of environmental liabilities |
13 |
|
to |
12 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
26 |
|
to |
29 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
340 |
|
to |
330 |
|
Interest expense, net |
104 |
|
to |
100 |
|
Provision for income taxes |
78 |
|
to |
87 |
|
Projected Adjusted EBITDA |
|
to |
|
Adjusted Free Cash Flow Guidance Reconciliation
An itemized reconciliation between projected net cash from operating activities and projected adjusted free cash flow is as follows (in millions):
|
For the Year Ending
|
|||||
Projected net cash from operating activities |
|
to |
|
|||
Additions to property, plant and equipment |
(320) |
|
to |
(340) |
|
|
Proceeds from sale and disposal of fixed assets |
10 |
to |
10 |
|
||
Projected adjusted free cash flow |
|
to |
|
Conference Call Information
About
Safe Harbor Statement
Any statements contained herein that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of the words “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “plans to,” “seeks,” “should,” “estimates,” “projects,” “may,” “likely,” or similar expressions. Such statements may include, but are not limited to, statements about future financial and operating results, and other statements that are not historical facts. Such statements are based upon the beliefs and expectations of Clean Harbors’ management as of this date only and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, without limitation, those items identified as “Risk Factors” in Clean Harbors’ most recently filed Form 10-K and Form 10-
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
|
For the Three Months Ended |
|
For the Twelve Months Ended |
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Revenues |
$ |
1,119,481 |
|
|
$ |
796,190 |
|
|
$ |
3,805,566 |
|
|
$ |
3,144,097 |
|
Cost of revenues: (exclusive of items shown separately below) |
|
792,183 |
|
|
|
548,775 |
|
|
|
2,609,837 |
|
|
|
2,137,751 |
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
|
159,051 |
|
|
|
111,354 |
|
|
|
537,962 |
|
|
|
451,044 |
|
Accretion of environmental liabilities |
|
3,120 |
|
|
|
2,902 |
|
|
|
11,745 |
|
|
|
11,051 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
82,929 |
|
|
|
71,418 |
|
|
|
298,135 |
|
|
|
292,915 |
|
Income from operations |
|
82,198 |
|
|
|
61,741 |
|
|
|
347,887 |
|
|
|
251,336 |
|
Other income (expense), net |
|
1,994 |
|
|
|
307 |
|
|
|
(515 |
) |
|
|
(290 |
) |
Loss on sale of businesses |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(3,376 |
) |
Interest expense, net |
|
(23,704 |
) |
|
|
(18,272 |
) |
|
|
(77,657 |
) |
|
|
(73,120 |
) |
Income before provision for income taxes |
|
60,488 |
|
|
|
43,776 |
|
|
|
269,715 |
|
|
|
174,550 |
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
11,495 |
|
|
|
4,444 |
|
|
|
66,468 |
|
|
|
39,713 |
|
Net income |
$ |
48,993 |
|
|
$ |
39,332 |
|
|
$ |
203,247 |
|
|
$ |
134,837 |
|
Earnings per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Basic |
$ |
0.90 |
|
|
$ |
0.72 |
|
|
$ |
3.73 |
|
|
$ |
2.43 |
|
Diluted |
$ |
0.90 |
|
|
$ |
0.71 |
|
|
$ |
3.71 |
|
|
$ |
2.42 |
|
Shares used to compute earnings per share - Basic |
|
54,398 |
|
|
|
54,982 |
|
|
|
54,514 |
|
|
|
55,479 |
|
Shares used to compute earnings per share - Diluted |
|
54,658 |
|
|
|
55,264 |
|
|
|
54,761 |
|
|
|
55,690 |
|
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
|
Short-term marketable securities |
81,724 |
|
51,857 |
Accounts receivable, net |
792,734 |
|
611,534 |
Unbilled accounts receivable |
94,963 |
|
55,681 |
Inventories and supplies |
250,692 |
|
220,498 |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
68,483 |
|
67,051 |
Total current assets |
1,741,171 |
|
1,525,722 |
Property, plant and equipment, net |
1,863,175 |
|
1,525,298 |
Other assets: |
|
|
|
Operating lease right-of-use assets |
161,797 |
|
150,341 |
|
1,227,042 |
|
527,023 |
Permits and other intangibles, net |
644,912 |
|
386,620 |
Other |
15,602 |
|
16,516 |
Total other assets |
2,049,353 |
|
1,080,500 |
Total assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
|
|
|
Accounts payable |
359,866 |
|
195,878 |
Deferred revenue |
83,749 |
|
74,066 |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
391,414 |
|
295,823 |
Current portion of closure, post-closure and remedial liabilities |
25,136 |
|
26,093 |
Current portion of operating lease liabilities |
47,614 |
|
36,750 |
Total current liabilities |
925,314 |
|
636,145 |
Other liabilities: |
|
|
|
Closure and post-closure liabilities, less current portion |
87,088 |
|
74,023 |
Remedial liabilities, less current portion |
98,752 |
|
102,623 |
Long-term debt, less current portion |
2,517,024 |
|
1,549,641 |
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion |
117,991 |
|
114,258 |
Deferred tax liabilities |
314,853 |
|
230,097 |
Other long-term liabilities |
78,790 |
|
83,182 |
Total other liabilities |
3,214,498 |
|
2,153,824 |
Total stockholders’ equity, net |
1,513,887 |
|
1,341,551 |
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
|
|
|
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
|
For the Year Ended |
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|||||||
Net income |
$ |
203,247 |
|
|
$ |
134,837 |
|
|||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
298,135 |
|
|
|
292,915 |
|
|||
Allowance for doubtful accounts |
|
8,018 |
|
|
|
10,133 |
|
|||
Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount |
|
4,245 |
|
|
|
3,666 |
|
|||
Accretion of environmental liabilities |
|
11,745 |
|
|
|
11,051 |
|
|||
Changes in environmental liability estimates |
|
2,979 |
|
|
|
10,698 |
|
|||
Deferred income taxes |
|
1,482 |
|
|
|
(9,748 |
) |
|||
Other expense, net |
|
515 |
|
|
|
290 |
|
|||
Stock-based compensation |
|
18,839 |
|
|
|
18,502 |
|
|||
Loss on sale of businesses |
|
— |
|
|
|
3,376 |
|
|||
Environmental expenditures |
|
(15,506 |
) |
|
|
(12,401 |
) |
|||
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions: |
|
|
|
|||||||
Accounts receivable and unbilled accounts receivable |
|
(96,551 |
) |
|
|
22,422 |
|
|||
Inventories and supplies |
|
(31,689 |
) |
|
|
(7,933 |
) |
|||
Other current and non-current assets |
|
9,268 |
|
|
|
(12,602 |
) |
|||
Accounts payable |
|
108,398 |
|
|
|
(80,328 |
) |
|||
Other current and long-term liabilities |
|
22,872 |
|
|
|
45,719 |
|
|||
Net cash from operating activities |
|
545,997 |
|
|
|
430,597 |
|
|||
Cash flows used in investing activities: |
|
|
|
|||||||
Additions to property, plant and equipment |
|
(241,856 |
) |
|
|
(196,256 |
) |
|||
Proceeds from sale and disposal of fixed assets |
|
22,156 |
|
|
|
9,623 |
|
|||
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
|
(1,253,232 |
) |
|
|
(8,839 |
) |
|||
Additions to intangible assets including costs to obtain or renew permits |
|
(3,848 |
) |
|
|
(2,029 |
) |
|||
Purchases of available-for-sale securities |
|
(129,234 |
) |
|
|
(70,891 |
) |
|||
Proceeds from sale of available-for-sale securities |
|
98,412 |
|
|
|
61,220 |
|
|||
Proceeds from sale of businesses, net of transactional costs |
|
— |
|
|
|
7,712 |
|
|||
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
(1,507,602 |
) |
|
|
(199,460 |
) |
|||
Cash flows used in financing activities: |
|
|
|
|||||||
Change in uncashed checks |
|
(1,806 |
) |
|
|
5,404 |
|
|||
Tax payments related to withholdings on vested restricted stock |
|
(10,805 |
) |
|
|
(5,331 |
) |
|||
Repurchases of common stock |
|
(54,410 |
) |
|
|
(74,844 |
) |
|||
Deferred financing costs paid |
|
(13,737 |
) |
|
|
(2,171 |
) |
|||
Payments on finance leases |
|
(8,458 |
) |
|
|
(4,469 |
) |
|||
Principal payments on debt |
|
(7,535 |
) |
|
|
(7,535 |
) |
|||
Proceeds from issuance of debt, net of discount |
|
995,000 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|||
Borrowings from revolving credit facility |
|
— |
|
|
|
150,000 |
|
|||
Payment on revolving credit facility |
|
— |
|
|
|
(150,000 |
) |
|||
Net cash from (used in) financing activities |
|
898,249 |
|
|
|
(88,946 |
) |
|||
Effect of exchange rate change on cash |
|
(3,170 |
) |
|
|
4,919 |
|
|||
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents |
|
(66,526 |
) |
|
|
147,110 |
|
|||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period |
|
519,101 |
|
|
|
371,991 |
|
|||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period |
$ |
452,575 |
|
|
$ |
519,101 |
|
|||
Supplemental information: |
|
|
|
|||||||
Cash payments for interest and income taxes: |
|
|
|
|||||||
Interest paid |
$ |
73,440 |
|
|
$ |
72,535 |
|
|||
Income taxes paid, net of refunds |
65,192 |
|
|
|
53,123 |
|
||||
Non-cash investing activities: |
|
|
|
|||||||
Property, plant and equipment accrued |
19,264 |
|
|
|
3,536 |
|
||||
Supplemental Segment Data (in thousands)
|
For the Three Months Ended |
||||||||||||||||||
Revenue |
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Third Party Revenues |
|
Intersegment
|
|
Direct Revenues |
|
Third Party Revenues |
|
Intersegment
|
|
Direct Revenues |
||||||||
Environmental Services |
$ |
906,051 |
|
$ |
2,071 |
|
|
$ |
908,122 |
|
$ |
668,196 |
|
$ |
(641 |
) |
|
$ |
667,555 |
Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions |
|
213,348 |
|
|
(2,071 |
) |
|
|
211,277 |
|
|
127,922 |
|
|
641 |
|
|
|
128,563 |
Corporate Items |
|
82 |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
82 |
|
|
72 |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
72 |
Total |
$ |
1,119,481 |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
1,119,481 |
|
$ |
796,190 |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
796,190 |
|
For the Twelve Months Ended |
||||||||||||||||||
Revenue |
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Third Party Revenues |
|
Intersegment
|
|
Direct Revenues |
|
Third Party Revenues |
|
Intersegment
|
|
Direct Revenues |
||||||||
Environmental Services |
$ |
3,025,907 |
|
$ |
6,547 |
|
|
$ |
3,032,454 |
|
$ |
2,637,641 |
|
$ |
(1,740 |
) |
|
$ |
2,635,901 |
Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions |
|
779,360 |
|
|
(6,547 |
) |
|
|
772,813 |
|
|
506,166 |
|
|
1,740 |
|
|
|
507,906 |
Corporate Items |
|
299 |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
299 |
|
|
290 |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
290 |
Total |
$ |
3,805,566 |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
3,805,566 |
|
$ |
3,144,097 |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
3,144,097 |
|
For the Three Months Ended |
|
For the Twelve Months Ended |
||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Environmental Services |
$ |
176,952 |
|
|
$ |
163,817 |
|
|
$ |
659,718 |
|
|
$ |
665,918 |
|
Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions |
|
61,598 |
|
|
|
20,966 |
|
|
|
227,354 |
|
|
|
83,214 |
|
Corporate Items |
|
(64,250 |
) |
|
|
(42,959 |
) |
|
|
(210,466 |
) |
|
|
(175,328 |
) |
Total |
$ |
174,300 |
|
|
$ |
141,824 |
|
|
$ |
676,606 |
|
|
$ |
573,804 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220222006140/en/
EVP and Chief Financial Officer
781.792.5100
InvestorRelations@cleanharbors.com
SVP Investor Relations
781.792.5100
Buckley.James@cleanharbors.com
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